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The article argues in favor of the concept of justice as a foundational norm of global politics. It looks at the puzzle that why order is preferred over justice. The disregard toward justice is seen as a tool of convenience for fulfilling hegemonic aspirations and avoiding any normative commitment. The order versus justice debate has been in the discipline for long, where different theoretical tradition has offered differing preferences. The article takes a critical–theoretical viewpoint and argues for a more active involvement with the notion of justice to have a humane understanding of international politics. It challenges the cosmopolitan idea of global justice as being a mere reflection of hegemony. The theories of justice rooted in liberalism end up providing another set of meta-narrative. The prescription, thus, is against the creation of a world government. Instead, it argues for installing an ethical and emancipatory dimension to the project.

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The paper unpacks the role of social criticism as an active method of change. The paper borrows the concept of third world feminist social criticism and combines it with Habermasian discourse ethics to establish the proposed connection that social criticism from the inside has an important role to play towards empowering women. The role of third world feminist social criticism highlights collective action for social criticism. It provides a platform for informed and uncoerced social decision making where inequalities are perpetuated by social values, practices, and norms. By focussing on the day-to-day problems faced by women and providing them space to present their opinion, the paper argues that the most important aspect is giving voice to the unheard voices. In this regard, the importance of discourse ethics is paramount. Another important aspect that the paper emphasizes is that a passive revolution of women should not occur – as Gramsci points out in other contexts – and the hegemonic tendencies remain checked.